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[aboutwhynot]

[Stein's sitting on the floor leaning up against a wall, putting pressure on the join of his neck and shoulder, which has a lovely set of dental records marked in it that one might be able to see through his fingers and the blood slowly leaking out between them, though he seems to be completely unperturbed about the significantly higher amount of blood coming out of his midsection. But really he looks pretty good for someone who should probably be either passed out or dead based on the amount of blood all over him!

He glances around a few times, like he's looking for someone.]

I'll say this much, senpai, Asura certainly works quickly. I'm almost impressed by his work ethic. [Oh and now he's talking to himself, that's always such a good sign.] It's a little shameful that the worst I can come up with is a gigantic castle, though. Maybe the hallucinations start off slow... Spirit? [He pauses, like he's waiting for an answer, and then sighs.] Alright, I guess I can't hear you while I'm stuck in this, so just grab me when my students come back this way if I haven't snapped out of it by then.

[...Maybe someone should be the barer of bad news.]

Comments

[aboutwhynot]

[Staring. Staring... Staaaaaaaaaaaaring...] What's a troll?

[thekidsare0kay]

[....staring back] Ith your thinkpan addled?

[aboutwhynot]

[Stein's just gonna. Turn his screw a few times. If it wasn't addled before, it damn sure is now.] Is there a reason you're avoiding the question?

[thekidsare0kay]

[He's staring at that screw, first the big part on one side, and then the bit that's sticking out of Stein's skull on the other side. Just. What the fuck.]

I'm not avoiding the quethtion. I already anthwered it! I'm a troll. Me. And people like me. We're alienth. And you're a weird human who doethn't lithten.

[aboutwhynot]

So a troll is a breed of aliens with yellow horns and very apparent lisps?

[thekidsare0kay]

...My lithp ithn't normal. I'm a mutant, tho among other thingth I have too many teeth.

[aboutwhynot]

Why not just pull them out? Or get braces - does your planet have those? You could probably get it paid for by your insurance if you made the case that it inhibits your ability to speak.

[thekidsare0kay]

I tried that onthe. Knocked all of my teeth out. But they grew back. What are bratheth? And insuranthe?

[aboutwhynot]

I guess you must be part shark then.

And braces are little chains that get cemented to your teeth as a child if you're bad, but they're also used to make your teeth fit in your mouth better. Insurance is basically having someone pay for most of a medical procedure, for a small-to-large monthly fee.

[thekidsare0kay]

I'm not part shark. I'm a fucking mutated troll, and we don't bother with bratheth. I jutht have to deal. Why would thomeone elthe pay for me?

[aboutwhynot]

But if extra teeth are a mutation, there must be other members of your species with the same problem who also want it fixed. Hasn't anyone tried to come up with a solution?

[thekidsare0kay]

Why would they? They usually jutht cull mutated trollth.